Recent incidents and full history
Browse the incidents recorded at beaches and bathing areas across Tenerife. Explore closures, restrictions, contamination episodes and other recent incidents, or consult the full history by year. Older restrictions only appear in the recent incidents view if they remain officially active.
8 incidents · 6 reopening updates
| Location | Status | Description | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Reopened | Puerto de la Cruz council announced on 9 October that the Playa Grande Centro bathing area at Playa Jardín has reopened after the Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed favourable results. This lifts the bathing prohibition of 7 October. | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Closed | Bathing was again prohibited at Playa Jardín on 7 October following a microbiological incident, according to Diario de Avisos. Official confirmation of the exact area affected is still pending. | |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Reopened | Puerto de la Cruz council reopened the Playa Grande (Punta Brava) area of Playa Jardín on 1 October after the Canary Islands Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed the water is again suitable for bathing. This lifted the bathing prohibition decreed on 30 September. | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Closed | Bathing prohibited after public health tests detected excessive E. coli levels. | |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Reopened | Bathing reopened after follow-up analyses confirmed suitable water quality. | |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Closed | Temporary bathing prohibition affecting Playa Grande / María Jiménez and El Charcón following unfavourable microbiological analyses. | |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Reopened | Bathing restriction lifted after Public Health communicated that the water was suitable for bathing following a new sample. | |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Closed | Preventive temporary bathing closure in the Punta Brava section after Public Health reported an unfavourable official analysis. | |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Puerto de la Cruz | Report | A report published by elDiario.es / Canarias Ahora states that a sample taken on 22 June 2026 at El Charcón detected microbiological contamination by E. coli. According to the published report, Public Health had recommended that the Town Council temporarily prohibit bathing, although the beach remained open during the San Juan celebrations. | |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Puerto de la Cruz | Reopened | Playa Jardin officially reopened after almost a year closed, following improvements to wastewater and sanitation infrastructure and confirmation from Public Health that the bathing water met suitable conditions. | |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Puerto de la Cruz | Report | Residents reported a large patch of brown foam and dozens of small dead fish along the Puerto de la Cruz coastline, around the Punta Brava treatment plant and towards Martiánez. The municipality sent local police and technical staff and, in its assessment, attributed the foam to rough sea conditions and the dead fish to catch discarded by a fisherman, without adopting a new preventive bathing measure. The episode occurred while Playa Jardín was already affected by the separate 2024-2025 long-duration closure, and MiCharco records it as an observational report, not as a new confirmed fecal contamination incident. | |
| 3 Jul 2024 | Puerto de la Cruz | Closed | Puerto de la Cruz established a bathing restriction across the entire Playa Jardín complex after Public Health confirmed that the water was unsuitable for bathing due to wastewater contamination. The measure became a long-duration closure. | |
| 28 Sept 2023 | Puerto de la Cruz | Reopened | Puerto de la Cruz reopened the Playa Grande section of Playa Jardín after the Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed that the new sample showed water suitable for bathing. | |
| 27 Sept 2023 | Puerto de la Cruz | Closed | The Playa Grande section within the Playa Jardín complex—not the whole complex—temporarily closed after a routine water sample showed altered biological parameters. |
Puerto de la Cruz council announced on 9 October that the Playa Grande Centro bathing area at Playa Jardín has reopened after the Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed favourable results. This lifts the bathing prohibition of 7 October.
Bathing was again prohibited at Playa Jardín on 7 October following a microbiological incident, according to Diario de Avisos. Official confirmation of the exact area affected is still pending.
Puerto de la Cruz council reopened the Playa Grande (Punta Brava) area of Playa Jardín on 1 October after the Canary Islands Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed the water is again suitable for bathing. This lifted the bathing prohibition decreed on 30 September.
Bathing prohibited after public health tests detected excessive E. coli levels.
Bathing reopened after follow-up analyses confirmed suitable water quality.
Temporary bathing prohibition affecting Playa Grande / María Jiménez and El Charcón following unfavourable microbiological analyses.
Bathing restriction lifted after Public Health communicated that the water was suitable for bathing following a new sample.
Preventive temporary bathing closure in the Punta Brava section after Public Health reported an unfavourable official analysis.
A report published by elDiario.es / Canarias Ahora states that a sample taken on 22 June 2026 at El Charcón detected microbiological contamination by E. coli. According to the published report, Public Health had recommended that the Town Council temporarily prohibit bathing, although the beach remained open during the San Juan celebrations.
Playa Jardin officially reopened after almost a year closed, following improvements to wastewater and sanitation infrastructure and confirmation from Public Health that the bathing water met suitable conditions.
Residents reported a large patch of brown foam and dozens of small dead fish along the Puerto de la Cruz coastline, around the Punta Brava treatment plant and towards Martiánez. The municipality sent local police and technical staff and, in its assessment, attributed the foam to rough sea conditions and the dead fish to catch discarded by a fisherman, without adopting a new preventive bathing measure. The episode occurred while Playa Jardín was already affected by the separate 2024-2025 long-duration closure, and MiCharco records it as an observational report, not as a new confirmed fecal contamination incident.
Puerto de la Cruz established a bathing restriction across the entire Playa Jardín complex after Public Health confirmed that the water was unsuitable for bathing due to wastewater contamination. The measure became a long-duration closure.
Puerto de la Cruz reopened the Playa Grande section of Playa Jardín after the Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed that the new sample showed water suitable for bathing.
The Playa Grande section within the Playa Jardín complex—not the whole complex—temporarily closed after a routine water sample showed altered biological parameters.
